Invcntivo doctors tbo world over
are busy discovering scram cures
for all the ills that flesh is Loir to.
Gladstone thinks that the surest
way for Englishman of wealth to earn
fame and immortality is to build
cathedrals.
The Railway Age shows tlmt the
new mileage Imilt in tlio United
Btatas during 1893 is the smallest in
many years.
Chief Justice Fuller of tbo United
Stntes Supremo Court, snid inn rocont
speech that the law's delays mora than
anything else load to lynching.
"When times ore good," observes
the New York Tribune, "peoplo put
their money in stocks, but when the
times are bnd they put it in stock
ings." A fierce controversy is rngtng
among German sorvauts as to the birth
year of Gutenberg, the inventor of
printing, some claiming that it was
1307, others 1400.
Tbo Chicago Record notes that tbo
talk of a war involving England has
bad its usual effect on tbo Russian
benr. Hu is eyeing the Bosporous
nd his month is wateriug freely.
The Duke of Argyll has writtou to
London Times, sayiug-thut the powers
ought to drop their petty jealousies
and invite Russia to tuko possession of
Armenia. It is a good plan aud would
top the massacres instantcr.
The New Orleans Ticayune an
nounces that Albert A. Whitman, the
octoroon poet, has a dream of found
ing a nation to be composed exclusive
ly of the "now race," by which he
menus quadroons and octoroons. He
baa a scheme for colonizing Guate
mala with the "new race" from the
United State and setting up an
independent government there.
"The Statistical Abstract of the
Colonial and Other Possessions, which
is the official publication of the Brit
ish government, gives the area of
British Guiana at 109,000 square
miles. The same publication in 1884
gave the area of British Guiana as
70,000 square miles, which shows an
increase of 83,000 square milos in the
colonial territory of Great Britain
wfthont any treaty "of annexations or
other prooaodings.
f , L
An iustanpeof how savages disregard
pain comes from Nyassnland. A cart
ridge dropped iu the camp fire ex
ploded, injuring tho hand of one of
H. H. Johnson's porters, so that the
doctor amputated the man's Augers
and thr.mb. As he seemed weak from
the effects of the chloroform, he was
told to stay in the hospital and come
for treatmont next day. In the morn
ing bo could not be found, and it was
afterward discovered thai he had
taken up his load with the othor car
riers and curried it to Rlantyre, over
forty mile away.
The Journal of the American Medi
cal Association has an editorial the
general trend of which is to show that
hypnotism has had its day, and ia
practically being laid upon the shelf,
or, at least, its nse confined to irregu
lars outside of tbo recognized school
of medicine. This is a rather curious
statement to make, at least, if one
measures the interest of a medical
t pio by the numbor of articles writ
ten about it, observes the Medical
Record, There are few subject about
whioh German physioiana are writing
more monographs at present, or in
which they aeem to take a more active
interest. The sensational side of
hypnotism is certainly dying out, bnt
oortain practical aide, which is rep
resented by the word "suggestion,"
baa nndontedly oome to atay, and to
be used ia therapeutics.
i r
Tet another point baa been made
by the Heathen Chinee against his
Canoasian antagonist, relates the New
York Sun. The law ordering the
Chinese to register, on penalty of de
portation, ia need by some of them to
aecure for themselves free passage
borne. A Chinamun who baa beeu in
Amerioa thirty years was arraigned in
Seattle a few day ago for being il
legally iu the country, not possessing
registration certificate. He spoke
Engliab well and seemed well-to-do.
The eonrt ordered that be be deported
to China. The marshal pondered
over the odd oiroumstanoes and oanie
to tho conclusion that the Chinaman,
desiring to retarn to his native land
to live on his fortune aoquircd here,
Lai neglected deliberately to register
U order to secure free truuapor'ation
The Chinaman remarked,
' -n toll of bis fate. "Heap like go,
ll "
One nt Time.
One slop at a time, and that well plaoed,
We roach tho grandest height i
One stroke at a tlmo, onrth's hidden stores
Wlil slowly como to light :
One sped at a time, and the forest grows,
Ons drop nt a tlmo and the rlvor flows
Into the boundless sea.
One word nt a time, and the greatest book
Is written and Is read r
One stone nt a tlmo, and tbs palace rears
Aloft Its stately head :
One blow at tlmo; the tree's olett through,
And a city will stood where a forest grew
A few short years before.
Ons fos at a time and he subdued,
And the conflict will bo won;
One grain at a time, and tho sand of life
Will slowly all be run i
One minute, another, tho hours fly,
One day nt a time our lives spocd by
Into eternity.
One grain of knowledge, and that well
stored,
Another, and more on thnm
And as time rolls on, your mind will shine
With mnny a garnered gom i
Of thought and wisdom. And tlmo will tell
"One thing nt a time, and that done well,"
Is wisdom's provon rule.
Christina Union.
A. BRIDAL PRESENT.
"Another ring at the bell and an
other present 1 Nannie, it is very nice
to be a bridot"
Alico Dnpro spoke a littlo repining
ly, she was Nannie's "first brides
maid, and was treading the borders of
that Dcbateable Land whore girlhood
has died out and ange middle age has
hardly yet commenced.
Nannie wns very protty, and Mary
Belton, tho other bridesmaid, was a
handsome brunette of twenty
"Nannio, you are doing remarkably
well," said Mrs. Creswiok, complac
ently surveying the table spread
with wedding gifts. "That silver tea
service of your Cousin Dudley's is
really splendid."
"Yes, and the pearl that Mis Au
brey sent," added Alice.
"Your present is very neat, too, my
dear," said the old lady kindly j "but
I wonder your Uncle Jared's has not
come. He asked me about the wed
ding a week ago.and be said be should
send some remembrance."
Again and again in the course of
the rapidly darkening winter after
noon, the bell pealed, and fresh pre
sents were brought in.
"But where is Uncle Jared's pre
sent ? '' Naunie kept repeating ; and
nobody could tell.
Not until nine o'olock at night did
the much looked-for testimonial ar
rive, when Frank Vavasor, the young
bridegroom that was to be, was in tho
drawing-room admiring tho various
presents.
"From Unole J ired I I know his
cramped handwriting," exclaimed
Nannie, as the servant brought in a
square, solid-looking package,
wrapped in brown paper and directed
to "Miss Anna Creswick." "What
can it be?"
"A set of gold spoons perhaps,"
suggested Alice.
The girls held thoir breath as Frank
removed the brown paper wrappings.
Alas for the vanity of human expecta
tions, it was no spice-breathing casket
no velvet or morocco case, sutiu
lined and filled with gold or silver
It was only a quarto volume bound in
sober brown, and apparently well
used.
"A Bible I" ejaculated Alice, dis
dainfully. "Yes, and an old one at that," said
Mary.
"Here is a note," said Faank, "lot
ns see what he says."
"My Doar Niece:
At this important juuotiou
of your lifo, I cannot give you a more
fitting offering than the Bible which
was you grandmother's. You will
probably have trinkets and jewelry in
abuudunce, but this book will be more
precious than all. . Your nffeotiouate
unole, Jabbd Lee.
Nannie had burst into tears of mor
tification. "Oh, Frank, a rusty old second
hand Bible."
"We can never put that on the
table," said Alioe, scornfully. "What
an idea."
And Unole Jared's present, long
looked for and londly heralded, was
put in an obscure corner, where a
pair of statuettes conoealed it from
view.
"The mean old miter," was Mrs.
Creswick's indignant comment, while
Nannie, who was rettlly fond of ber
old unole, cried :
And ben we close the volume of
Nannie'a life, to be opened ten years
ufterwarda.
There are few homes in which the
lapse of ten years does not make a
wide difference and in that of Mr.
nd Mr Vavasor the charge was per
haps greater than the average. They
bad lived too fast a eommon mistake
and when onoe tbey began to re
trench, Ul-luok seemed to follow tbem.
I Nanuisl the spoiled daughter of a
luxurious home, was learning all the
bitterness of poverty now 1 And Frank
nobody exactly knew how hadret
rograded in the world until the hum
ble situation of a bank clork at a sal
ary pitifully small, was all tho dread
winter loft to him.
And when they brought bim home
one night with bis arm fractured from
a fall on the ley pavement. v Nannie
felt that her cup of bitteruoss was in
deed full.
"I don't mind tho pain for myself,"
Frauk had said, "bnt to lio still for
nobody knows how long, and my wifo
and tho littlo ones with not a cent
ahead ! The rent must be paid, and
the grocer's bill, and tho children
must wear clothos God holp us I I
don't know what the cud of all this is
to be!"
But Nnnuio know nnd towards twi
light, when Frank had fallen into a
troubled slumbor, and littlo Annie sat
watching boside his pillow she put on
her bonnet and stolo unseen to an em
ployment bnronu.
When she roturnod, it was with a
bundle under her arm sewing which
sho had obtained.
"Ob, Nannio, have we come to
this?" her husband askod, sadly, ns
she sat down by his bedside to com
mence hor task.
"We cannot starvo,doar and thoro
is just n dollar and a half in your
purse I"
"I know it but "
He stopped abruptly and turnod his
face to the wall with a groan. J
Little Roso enmo to hor mother,
with plendiug eyes, at this momeut.
"Maramn, can Harry nnd I have
Undo Jared's Bible to look at the
funny pictures 1"
Nannie roso, reached' down the
dusty book from its obscure resting
place aud placed it on ohair, where
the children could turn over the
leaves at their loisure.
"Be careful not to tear it dear,"
sho said, thinking sadly bow all
tbs other gay wedding gifts had
vanished, and how this alone remained
a relio of the days of prosperity.
Uncle Jared was dead long ago, and
his money had goue to a hospital.
She was thinking of all tho sorrow
full change ten years bad wrought, as
she stitched away.
"Mamma," cried Roso, from the
chair, here are two leaves stuck to
gether!" Nannie lonned over to see. The
child was right. Two leaves in the Book
of Psalms were pasted together by the
odges on all their sides. She took up
the scissors to separate them, with a
vague, iudifferent sensation of curi
osity. To her astonishment, two thin
slips of paper dropped out.
"What are these?" said inquisitive
Rose, stopping to pick them up.
And Naunie, scrutinizing them
more clesely, saw that they were bank
notes for five hundred dollars each!
She sat a moment in a sort of be
wilderment aud then like n idden
inspiration, came back to hor the
stories she had always heard of Undo
Jured's strange ecooutrioities. This
was one of them the bridal gift ho
had intouded to bestow upon her, had
boon hidden away in this strange cas
ket. And now, like a special Provi
denoe, it came to supply ber utmost
needs!
She leaned over nnd placed hor band
upon her sleeping husband's brow he
awoke with a start.
"I have been asleep," be aaid.look
ing confusedly at ber with that strange
mingling of reality and fancy which
sometimes follow us out of slumber.
"I have been dreaming that we were
rich!"
"We are rich, Frank," she said in a
voice I hut trembled. And she told
her tale.
"A thousand dollars! We are rich
iudecd I" he exolaimed. "It will sup
port us until my arm gets all well
again."
"It will do that, and have a little
to be;jin the world anew with," said
Nannie, with tears in ber eyes. Poor,
dear Uncle Jared if bo conld only
aee bow very happy be has made us
both."
When Vavasor's tedious recovery
was complete, there were four hun
dred dollars loft out of Nanuie's care
fully boarded funds and that four
hundred dollars fortunately invested,
was the germ from wbioh sprung first
a modest little competence, then for
tune. . Vavaaor is a rioh man now, but be
dates bia prosperity back to Uncle
Jared's bridal present New York
York Times.
His Loss.
Tourist (in Oklahoma) When yon
drew your bowie aud sprang at the
stranger who bad called you a liar, did
be lose bis headt
Alkali Ike Nop; onl lihaar.
Troth.
The fleeso Struck.
"I have been having a good doal of
troublo latoly with the birds on my
geeso ranch," snid Col. Stitt-Floyd of
Wharton, Tex., to a Star reporter.
"I had an order for a thousand
dozen goose eggs, and my trouble all
arose in trying to fill that ordor. It
is the first time I over attempted to
market any eggs, always heretofore
relying on the sale of feuthcrsand live
birds for my profit.
"This is the laying nnd batching
season with us, nnd I thought I would
havo no trouble so got egg enough to
fill tho orders. Now, a boo, you know,
will lot yon rob hor tiost right along,
just so yon lonvo one egg. It is sup
posed that a hen has no idea whntevcr
of numbers. But this is not true of
Madame Goose, as I found out to my
sorrow.
"She first two or three days we so
cured a 'big batch of fresh eggs, but
after that the 'find' began to dwindle
down so fast that I dotcrmined to
make a personal investigation. I
went down to tho river bottom next
day and found that instead of being
off attending to business all the goose
which were not sitting bad 'flocked'
and were roving about feeding, just as
if they never expected to lay nuother
er;g. Whon I approached them, in
stead of running away they alt sat
down and began to hiss at me.
"It was a clear case of strike, and I
was at a loss to know how to settle
the trouble. I tried putting half a
dozou porcelain eggs in each nust, but
it would not work. Tho geese came
tip, eyed them solomnly, and walkod
off. Thou, in despair, I told the boys
to put tho eggs we had gathored back
and see if that would break the strike.
Well, sir, inside of two hours after
the eggs were roturnod every gooso
was back on her nest, and tor the next
four or five days there were more
eggs laid on the Floyd's ranch than
there had been beforo in years; but I
dare not undertake to fill that egg
order." Washington Star.
An Electric Palace.
The palatini New York home of
Charles T. Yerkes, the Chicago mil
lionaire, at Sixty-eighth street and
Fifth avenue, has not only the most
complete electrio lighting, beating,
and ventilating plant of any of the
several electrically equipped mansions
in tho city, but it has the largest
storage battery plant ever installed in
it private residence. A gas engine of
thirty-five horso power in the base
ment is belted to a dynamo. The
storage battery consists of sixty cells,
having a capacity of 2,500 hours at a
ton-hour discharge rate, the maximum
discharge rate being D00 amperes for
four hours.
The house is wired for about 1,200
sixteen-candle-power lamps, and has
besides a electrio passenger elevator
and several electrio motors for venti
lating, pumping und other purposes.
The arrungement of the lights is
very artistic The vestibule or recep
tion hall is lighted from above through
cnthedrul glass in the base of a dome
by 800 lights. Lamps are conoealed
within the carving of the principal
salon, or iu rosettes of colored glass
cunningly placed in the ceilings.
Iu tho library, an apparent framed oil
painting, which is really a wonderful
piece of cathedral glass work, is made
the vehiole of the flood of light, whioh
illuminates the room with the soft
radiance of day.
A Patriotic Answer.
Just after the war of 1776 an Amer
ican frigate visitod England. Her
orow of gallant tars had been princi
pally rooruited from the fisheries, and
some of them, it is to be acknowledged,
did not compare favorably in appear
auoe with the spick-and-span, jaunty
English naval seamen, for the former
wore of all shapes and sizes, from the
tall, round-shouldered, long-armed
Cap Coder, down to the short, wiry
members of the ship's company who
bailed from various ports farther
south, where less brawn was to be
found.
One day the captain of the Ameri
can ship paid visit to the commander
of a British man-o'-war at anchor in
the same harbor. The coxswain of
the gig was great, lanky seaman.
whoso back bone was so rounded as to
form veritable lump. While tho
boat rested at the gangway of the
visited vessel the Euglish sailors gath
ered in the open ports and "took
stock," in a rather disdainful fashion,
of the oooupanta of the gig. At last
one of the seamen on board the man-o'-war
called down to the coxswain t
"'Ello there, Yankee ; I soy, what's
that bloomin ump yon 'ave on your
baok?"
Tb American sailor lookod np and
called baok, quick as a shot t "That's
Bunker Hilll" Harper's Round
Table.
A PRACTICE MARCH, j
United States Regulars On a Three
Days' Tramp.
Officers and Men Benefited by
the Experience.
It cost the government no more to
keep troops In the field in small bod
ies than to maintain them in garrison;
it induces interest in the profession,
gains thorn1 experience in taking care
of thamsolves, and fits tho soldier
mind to the Idea that ho must be able
to live in a state of nature, and not in
a large hotol lilto n man with money
and tho gout. Tbcso practice marches
are much indulged in nowadays by tho
regular troops. Two compnnlos of tho
Twonty-third Infantry, uuder Captain
Lea Fehiger, marched from Fort
Clark to tho East Nueces River, in
Texas, last Octobor. Their ordors
were for the officers and men lo carry
the usual field equlpment--hcavv-marching
order, except knop3acl&
Three days' rations were carried by
the men in haversacks, while tho bhtn-ket-rolls
contained change of under
clothing and shelter-tent. "Tho com
mand not having transportation of any
kind on the march, should it become
necessary to communicate with the
post for any purpose whatever, may
do so by bicycles, tho nso of which
on the march by enlisted men owning
thorn is hereby authorized," say the
order". The report of Captain Febiger
says: "Each officer and man carried
three days' field rations, tho fresh
vegotable portion beitig optional,
which in all cuses was greatly reduced,
and even more so on tho second day
out ; haversack, canteen, and blanket
roll, the last consisting of one shelter
half (uew patters) and pins, one
blanket, change 'of underclothing,
blouse, (marched iu flannel shirts), one
pair of socks, towel, soap, etc., and
additional rations that the haversack
would not hold (about one day's), and
their respective arms and belts. The
total weight of the pack average d
nbout forty pounds, when not wot,
divided as follows: Haversack,
packed, six pounds; canteen, filled,
and cup, four pounds; cartridge-belt
ten rounds, 1 8-4 pounds rifle, 9 1-3
pounds; blanket-roll, nineteen pouuds.
All officers and men did thoir own
cooking iu meat-ration can and cup.
"Four privates and ono musician
with Corporal John Reeves iu charge,
constituted the bicycle corps, carry
ing their haversacks and blanket rolls
on the handle-bars, and rifles strapped
to the frame. They constituted daily
on the march the ndvauoe-guard, aud
were ready for use as messengers and
couriers. Two of the raachiues, be
ing second hand, very old and worn,
give out on the march; the othor four
came successfully through, though not
of the most expensive pattern." So
much for bicyolos.
- "There were numerous complaints
of the government shoe, aud tbey
wore muoh worse than those pur
chased outside. The now shelter-tent
with the elongated rear end was very
satisfactory, except that it is far from
rain-proof in anything like a heavy
shower." Indeed, no tent is proof,
for that matter.
"The haversacks were rendered
completely nuflt for garrison inspec
tion purposes, on aooountof the grease
from the bacon carried in tbem ;"'and
in conclusion the captain says that
"both officers and men appreciated
and have been benefited by the expe
rience." Harper's Weekly,
A Wonderful Ralubow.
The residents of Rosa Valley were
treated to a most beautiful and un
usual speotaole recently. The sky
overhead aud in the north was over
cast with dull, leaden clouds, while to
the south the sun was shining. The
valley aud billa were wet from recent
rain and white with, frost. The
vapor was rising from tho- gronnd in
great clouds and a huge rainbow of
most wondrous beauty and brilliancy
extended over the valley from the
billa on one aide to the mountains on
the other.
But the most wonderful feature was
the reflection between the spectators
and the rainbow itself and at about
the same elevation. It was dimmer
than the rainbow itself, but paralleled
it from bill to bill, and it must have
been a double reflection, for its colors
reversed from the order in the rain
bow. These two brilliant area seemed
to follow the local train down the val
ley, and were watobed for miles by
tho passengers. San Franoisco Post.
For Sale, Cheap.
Grinnen What are yon going to
take for that frightful oold you've got?
Barrett I'U take anything you
offer. Do you want it? Chicago
Tribune,
Arizona "Chicken Feed."
"The men of Arizona have littlo re
gard for money in small denomina
tions, or what is termed 'obiokou
foed,'" said H. D. King, of Pbcouix,
at tbo Coates, yesterday. "In the
older states when a purchase is made,
exact chango is usually tendered, and
one thing certain a bill is not broken
if it possibly can be avoided. In our
section any ordinary purchase is mndo
simply by asking for the article, and
when it is passed across the counter a
piece ot money ample large to cover
tbo cost is thrown down. Whon
change is made the customer oareless
ly drops it into his pocket, apparently
without counting it, and goes out
without once mentioning tho cost of
tho article. Ho gets just as good a
dcal-os though he had haggled with
the dealer tor half an hour. This
custom of throwing down a larger
pioce of mouey than is necessary is
not followed, as a rule, to exhibit
cash, for In Arizona ovcrybody has
money. It is only to show apparent
indifference, aud is a mark of liberal
ity. "It may be said pennies have no
abiding place in Arizona. Even at tho
post-office where everything is sup
posed to be equal tender, ponnies,
two-cent and three-cent pieces are un
known. Chauge is made to the cent
by tho postmasters, but thoy do it
with postage stamps or postal cards.
Nowhere elso are odd pennies reoog
nizod, oven in the banks. A check
for 84.98 would be paid with a $5 bill
without a word. Tho same Is true iu
all the shops aud stores; change is
made to tbo nearest nickol, sometimes
to the nearest quarter or dollar. The
sayiug, 'Tuke caro of the pennies,'
&c, don't go iu Arizona as small
change anything under a dollur is
by most people valued only as trash."
Kansas City Times.
Sneezed Her Teeth Out.
Postofiloe Superintendent ' of De
livery Meeks has in bis possession a
set of false teeth. The pretty girl
who lost tbem may reclaim them by
applying to Clork Quinn.
One day early in the weok a well at
tired and extremely fascinating mai
den stood in the front of a window in
the postofilce. She had a letter in one
hand and a stamp in the other. Just'
as sho was moistening the latter with
the tip of ber tongue, a sort of the- ,
catsup-is-bolling-over expression came
over her face aud she sneezed. Some
thing rattled upon the tile floor of the
postofilce, and a bystander picked the
teeth up, and, doffing bis hat pre
sented them to the loser.
The pretty girl gave him a look that
! 1 . 1 1 1 I
am s enu of the municipal triangle.
The teoth were turned over to Su
perintendent Meeks, and Clerk Quinn
ia now using them as a paper weight.
New York Advertiser.
Benefits of Animal Domestication.
It is evident that mankind owes its
advancement, not alone to increase of
material comforts, but in another di
rection often overlooked, to tho Inx
provement of its moral qualities, it
eoonomio details broughtabout by tbo
domestication of animals are-so varied
that, as Professor Shaler writes,
"they canuot bo reckoned in detail."
Primitive man, when he first made a
pet of au animal, and then brought it
uuder bis ooutrol, broke away "from
the old brutal way of life. This act of
domesticating animals led. to a higher
sense of responsibility. There arose
something like a divided affeotion,
other than the natural instinot of love
for bis own offspring. This was the
first development of sympathy. Tha
man's mental -powers then took a
wider range. New York Times.
A Coin That Weighs a Pound.
A. O. Lindstrom, a Snu Franoisco
eoin-oollector is the owner of a rect
angular bit of copper, C 1-2: by 4 1-ig
inches in size, which the numismatic
reckon aa being worth about $1,000
Thia peouliar-shaped pieco of copper
plate ia a half dollar (dale?) Swedish
piece of the year 1717, and has bean
in the poBssssioa of tho Lindstrom
1 family for abont 184 years. To
I the dimensions aa given should ba
1 added the statement that tbo "coin"
ia between 1-18 and 1-18 of an inch in
thickness, and it weigh exaotly 20
ounces. The oentro and each of the
four comers of this spurious coin
bear the impress of a silver half-dollar
stamp. "
Taking Time By the Forelock.
Gentleman What did you hit bim
for?
Boy He was going to call mo a
liar.
Other Boy I wasn't goia' to do
nufttn of tbe kind.
Boy (deoidedly) Yes, yon woold,
if yon bad heard tba atory I was going
to tell yojk
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